Chapter Fifty Five: Hyum

"How did we come to this? How...?"

Tesha's soft whimpers could be heard as she slowly sat on one of the cushions in the parlor.

Her mind was in a daze and her eyes looked lost.

She patted her chest and closed her eyes in an attempt to steady her breathing, but it didn't seem to be working.

Then, she felt a hand holding her trembling fingers and opened her eyes to see Irene's soft gaze on her

"Mother, calm down, your heart rate's rising"

Tesha let out shuddered breaths and nodded her head solemnly as she held Irene's hand tightly.

Matt sighed and rubbed his head "How long do we have?"

"Not long father, we need to act now" Carter calmly answered and he sighed again

"Damn those vampires! They had the mind to want to break the treaty?! That treaty has kept us all alive up to this very moment! Don't they have any dignity and self respect?!"

Matt yelled and punched the wall, causing a crack to be formed on the surface, his breathing uneven.